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Found my long lost seed collection

heady blunts

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wow what an amazing collection! very cool treasure hunting to be sure.

looking forward to what you find!

:lurk:
 

resinryder

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One pack of Motarebel, one pack of JoeyWeed

Good deal. 2 older but familiar names. Joey used to do some decent work with his projects as did Motarebel.
Will be interesting to see which ones you decide to crack open first.
I just cracked the rest of a pack of TRC beans and a couple others I had in the fridge. Figured I need to get to em before they go bad.
 

neongreen

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I've got a bunch of different methods to try on some of the old stock. I'm going to start with some random crosses I made myself that I have a fair amount of.

In general terms, the plan is to refrigerate the beans for at least a week. Scuff the beans with sandpaper. Soak them in sterile water with a little nitrogen boost for 12 hours, then sterile water with a hormone solution for another few hours, then plant just below the surface of shallow, pathogen free soil on a germination mat with fluorescent
lights. Keep slightly moist.

I've been told that I need to let them go for a while - I've heard crazy stories of old beans taking over 3 weeks to crack.

I may or may not play around with manually cracking the seams on a few of the beans and seeing if that helps

Glad to hear you found your stash bro!

Most of my collection from that time (that I've tried to germ so far) takes 3 or 4 days to germ. It's been kept refrigerated for most of that time, excluding a few hours when moving home.

What has worked well for me is:

1/ Set up water bath (small bucket or container with cover) with small aquarium heater for 79/80 F

2/ Place seeds in small screw-top jars/containers and half fill with a solution of rain water, seaweed solution(I soak SW meal overnight then filter out the particulate matter), and H2O2. I don't measure the H2O2, just add a small "slug" of 9%, but I would think it ends up being around 1-3% strength. Both the SW and H2O2 help with germination, but the H2O2 also oxygenates and kills the bad bugs.

3/ Place the containers in the water bath and keep checking them after 12 hrs.

4/ If you see life or more than 36 hrs go by, plant the seeds in soil, and water in with the solution they've been soaking in which sterilizes the soil and gives the seed a strong start thanks to the SW.

The vast majority of my old seeds have germinated using this method - very few no shows.

:tiphat:
 

neongreen

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Pretty sure Dutch Flowers had their fingers in these genetics. The FigWidow stuff has always had my eye.

I had thought for a long time that Dutch Flowers was behind the FigWidow, but I recently read that Mota was behind it.

Are those Jojo's (RIP) Blowfish S1s? If so, give them a try... they are top notch IMO! I've just been smoking some BF F2, and it's good solid smoke :joint:

Did you pass BF and CT cuts to Jojo? I'm guessing that's how he made S1s!

:tiphat:
 

resinryder

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I just scuffed my old beans with a small file. So far it's looking like all of them have popped. Wait for the tails on the last 5 of them. Not bad for 10-12 year old beans
 

Katsu

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Are those Jojo's (RIP) Blowfish S1s? If so, give them a try... they are top notch IMO! I've just been smoking some BF F2, and it's good solid smoke :joint:

Did you pass BF and CT cuts to Jojo? I'm guessing that's how he made S1s!

:tiphat:

Yup. I made sure the cuts got out to breeders so I didn't feel as much of an asshole for snatching the only packs :)
 

Katsu

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Germination test #1: Oxygen x Bubba Kush

My own cross so I have plenty of beans to play with in case I get it wrong. I've ordered Sea Kelp Meal and an aquarium heater. The beans are in the fridge. I'm going to try popping them in about 10 days when I get back into town. I'm getting a cannaboner just thinking about it.
 

Katsu

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Informal survey

Informal survey

Bean Collection: If you have a moment and an opinion...

What are the top 5 strains you think need to be preserved?

What are the top 5 strains you would like to sample?
 

mack 10

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I haven't had a grow for close to 10 years. This is the one and only bean stash. Looking to get back up in the next few months - keep your eye out for some old school grows :)

Wow! Good to have you back. Nice one for passing that Bubba cut about back in the day.(What cut/seed was the Katsu cut?)and
Good luck popping some of those jem's.
 

mack 10

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It's been missing almost as long as I have (7+ years). Lots of treasures. Some of you old timers will remember the strains and sellers :) A walk down memory lane...

Oasis
Apollo 11
Malawi x White Russian
Slyder x Misty
Seti
White Widow x AK47
Shishkaberry
Bubblicious
Millenium
G13 x BlackWidow
Karpov
Blue Goo
Queisel
Vietnamese Black F2
Sudden Impact x Killer Queen
Sudden Impact F2
Apollo11 x Green Giant
Firestorm
Extreme Sativa/Indica Mix x2 (Extreme Genetics)
GBW f3
STL
Blueberry
Original Haze
Tutti Fruiti
Purple Power
Apollo 11
Grenadine x White Whidow
NYCD
C99 x GHaze
Sugar Klingon F2
HW x Calio
Afghani Orange
Northernberry
69 Rhino
Killer Queen x Black Widow
MM x PK19 x AK47
Sensi Star x White Widow
White Widow x New Afghani
Spice of Life Adventure Mix
Northern Dream
White Widow x Mazar
Killer Queen x Sour Diesel
Calio
Nebu Chaos Mix
Firecracker
Lemon Thai x Beauty & the Beast
Grapefruit x Sweettooth
Grape Crush x 2
Sweet Tooth #3 x LUI
Orange Crush x 2
Neville's Thunder
Mazar x Blue Moonshine
DTC
Pro Dagga
Mango
Globe Crystal
SAG Blueberry
Mr. Nice x Maple Leaf Indica
JackHammer
Jack's Cleaner
Metal Haze x2
Blueberry JW
LSD Special
Mazar fem.
Polish Dream
Super Silver Haze
Super Skunk F2
Dutch Flowers unknown F1 tester
NL5 x Fig
GHaze x G13/Skunk
Black Widow
GHaze x DTC99
MK Ultra
Mother's Finest
Maple Leaf Indica
Blue Hen
Green Napalm
Columbian Supremo
Jacqueline Orange (jackie o)
Sledgehammer
Blueberry x C99
GT x WW Thai
Colombian Gold
New Afghani
Blackberry Widow
Green Giant x Ice Princess
Apollo 13
Peak 19
Haze x Romulan
Ice Princess
Romulan
OrtegaBerry
P99 x STL f2
Skunk #1
Indigo Blue f2
Indigo Blue x Amazon Indica
AK47
Thai Tingler
Lemon Thai x Beauty & The Beast
Sweet Tooth #3
Moroccan
Killer Queen
Pink Indica
LUI
Herijuana Mix
'98 Aloha White Widow x Ice Princess/BCG13
Sweet Tooth #3
Apollo 11 x Haze/NL#5
Local Pine
Purple Afghaze
Blackberry Widow x Orange Crush
Citral x Kush
Blackberry Widow
The HOG
Haze/Kush x Romulan/Chemo
Magic Budx2
M42
Oxygen x Bubba Kush
American Dream
First Lady
Grapefruit x Panama Red
Super Impact
POG13/G13xDouble Widow
POK Kush x Bubbleberry
Purple Haze
Masters at Work
Vietnamese Black F2 (different breeder)
Blowfish S1
Trainwreck x Cambodian
Blue Kiev
Bubba Kush
POG13/G13xOrange Widow
Sour Diesel x Crystal Locomotive
Aloha White Widow x Blowfish
Candy Haze F2
Pink Indica
Vietnamese Black x C99
Blackberry Widow
Fig Widow x Haze/Skunk
Blue Widow x Haze/Skunk
Haze/Skunk F2
Pine x Tangerine
SAGE
POG G13x Alaska Matanuska Thunderfuck
Primo Mix
Deep Skunk
After 8
Spicy Pine
C99 x NYCD
Kodiak Thunderfuck
Oxygen x Bubba Kush
Ghost OG x Sour Diesel
Oak Acorn Special
Cindy Blue Skunk
Durga Mata
Blue X13
Indigo Blue F1
Bubblegum
Dutch Mutt



Nice collection, even better to find!
Here's a few strains that court my eye,
Pink Indica?... can you tell us more?
Fig Widow x haze/Skunk,... What's the Fig ?
Oxygen?
M42,... from SSSC?
Thai Tingler ?... Tell us more..?
Candy Haze?
Metal Haze x2 ? The original metal?
Tutti Fruity ? as in Juicy Fruit? (Thai x Afghani)

Ill stop now before ive done the whole list, hehe.:biggrin:

I've searched high and low for that oldskool Juicy Fruit! I hope you have the same one?
also whats the Oak Acorn ?
and shout for Ghost x Sour! I need those beans..
 

Katsu

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I see a lot of people lusting after the Viet Black. It's probably a 16 week flower. Is this for personal consumption, preservation, breeding? Just curious. Most people back in the day didn't have the patience for a landrace sativa.

It's definitely on the "pop" list to make F2's and for breeding.
 

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